تأثير برنامج تدريببي قائم على مهام التماسك المركزي في تنمية التواصل الاجتماعي لدى أطفال ذوي اضطراب طيف التوحد

Abstract

The aim of the research is to identify: the effect of a training program based on the tasks of central cohesion and the program used in the development of social communication and to identify the differences between the training program based on the tasks of central cohesion and the program used in the post-test and the effect size of the measure of social communication.  The experimental method was used using the (equal groups) method due to its suitability to the nature of the research. The research sample was chosen in a simple random way from children with simple autism spectrum disorder at the Jara Autism Center at the age of (6-9) years, and their number reached (12) boys and girls, with a rate of (6) children for each of the experimental and control groups. The research tool is consisted of a social communication scale prepared by the two researchers, and the psychometric characteristics of the scale were conducted on a building sample of 50 girls and boys. The training program based on social cohesion tasks was implemented on the children of the experimental group and lasted for a period of (12) weeks, with (5) training units per week. After completing the implementation of the program, the post-test was conducted, then the data was collected, unloaded and processed by appropriate statistical means. The study reached to the result that the effectiveness of the training curriculum based on central cohesion tasks in developing social communication indicators (reception, expression and social interaction) is effective. The two researchers recommended a number of recommendations